स मुहूर्तादुपश्रुत्य देवर्षिरमितप्रभः। स्वमाश्रमं शिष्यवृतः क्षुधातः संन्यवर्तत॥ सोऽपश्यदरजां दीनां रजसा समभिप्लुताम्। ज्योत्स्नामिव ग्रहग्रस्तां प्रत्यूषे न विराजतीम्॥
sa muhūrtādupaśrutya devarṣiramitaprabhaḥ| svamāśramaṃ śiṣyavṛtaḥ kṣudhātaḥ saṃnyavartata|| so'paśyadarajāṃ dīnāṃ rajasā samabhiplutām| jyotsnāmiva grahagrastāṃ pratyūṣe na virājatīm||
English Meaning
Thereupon having heard everything about Arajă from a disciple, he, surrounded by his pupils, arrived at his own hermitage and beheld her there poorly, soiled with dust and like to the morning rays of the moon possessed by a planet.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)